Fantasy Raceways
Ice Cream Jonsey I was in Rochester, NY last week. I was born and raised there and since the Internet wasn’t on everyone’s Nokia Ngage when I was born (through no fault of…
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Q*bert Serial #1 Found!
koolmoecraig on the Killer List of Video Games arcade forum recently posted about finding the “first” Q*bert game – one that was still technically a prototype! He says the following:…
Who Framed Wreck-It Ralph? (As A Launching Point To An Arcade Post)
There is a movie in development called Wreck-It Ralph. I hope it makes a billion dollars and everyone involved had that moment where they go see it in a theater…
Arcade Manual PDFs on the Internet Archive
Well, well, well: lookee here. That’s a the manual to the arcade version of Pac-Man, in pdf form. There is already a nice stash of arcade manuals on pdf.textfiles.com, but…
Marble Madness, Pac-Man GDC Post-Mortems
I have a Marble Madness cabinet currently being shipped to me. I have been turned onto these Game Developers Conference post-mortem vids – won’t you let yourself be turned on…
The 1984 Arcade
(For another look at the weekend trip to the 1984 Arcade, please visit Rob “Flack” O’Hara’s blog post on it here.) It was a trip that wasn’t supposed to work.…
Invading Spaces by Rob O’Hara Review
“He can get the virus.” — Bill Parcells, speaking of New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton’s pass-happy playcalling. Oh, I hear you there, Tuna. We all have those little,…
Lovely Vegas
Lovely Vegas “Vegas is the city of Las Vegas. No one is quite sure how the Soviet missiles managed to miss the city, but most folks figure it was because…
Get Your Goddamn Multi-Q*bert On
The Multi-Q*bert board is coming back! I just received an e-mail from Mike Doyle, and the thing is coming back into production, with the intent to get it to people…
Greg’s BurgerTime Story
Ahhh… the weekend! Another stressful week complete. Relax as I did, won’t you? …By heading over to The Post-Pessimist Association!